as in plans
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective
an ambitious young man with a remarkably detailed blueprint for becoming a millionaire by the age of 25
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as in designs
to work out the details of (something) in advance
blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail
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Recent Examples of blueprints
Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
In the past, peptides were generally believed to be fragments of larger proteins; this doctor’s work helped establish that our genes actually code for many small peptides directly, some of which could become targets or blueprints for new drugs.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
Material innovators pitched to impact investors, private sector leaders shared their blueprints for change, and activists mobilized the committed and recently converted alike.
—Bella Webb, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2026
These are like blueprints that show how a company's defenses are set up.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Bedrock's team could realize from old blueprints that there once had been a soaring atrium.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The other has those same books — plus the blueprints, soil samples, and maintenance records for every building in a specific area for the last twenty years.
—Leagh Turner, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
The call for ideas isn’t a professional design competition, or a solicitation of architectural blueprints, Laymon said.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
That’s why the city released an eight-page pre-construction checklist along with the blueprints.
—Mark Dee
march 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Tuesday that the city now has a set of seven free blueprints, including a duplex, a two-story house with a garage and a cottage, that are free to download to get the process of building a new home started.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
In the past, peptides were generally believed to be fragments of larger proteins; this doctor’s work helped establish that our genes actually code for many small peptides directly, some of which could become targets or blueprints for new drugs.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
Material innovators pitched to impact investors, private sector leaders shared their blueprints for change, and activists mobilized the committed and recently converted alike.
—Bella Webb, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2026
These are like blueprints that show how a company's defenses are set up.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Bedrock's team could realize from old blueprints that there once had been a soaring atrium.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The other has those same books — plus the blueprints, soil samples, and maintenance records for every building in a specific area for the last twenty years.
—Leagh Turner, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
The call for ideas isn’t a professional design competition, or a solicitation of architectural blueprints, Laymon said.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
That’s why the city released an eight-page pre-construction checklist along with the blueprints.
—Mark Dee
march 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
Recreating Rosebank’s Unique Facility IMD worked with Forsyth’s to create new stills, using archival still blueprints to build exact replicas of the original design.
—Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blueprints
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The 18-year-old, who announced his plans to go to UNC Chapel Hill in November 2024 on a scholarship, has a story unlike any other wrestler who has stood alongside him on any podium.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The chipmaker had earlier announced plans to raise its capital expenditure budget to $52 billion-$56 billion for this year from about $40 billion in 2025.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As a bonus, Anthropologie designs them from regenerative cotton, a more sustainable manufacturing process that reduces water, fertilizer, and carbon use.—
Irene Richardson,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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Tesla already designs its own chips, but Musk’s companies have never actually made them.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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This plan is meant to align with a state requirement that local governments maintain climate adaptation and resiliency strategies in their general plans.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Zolghadr played a central role in the regime’s strategies for cracking down on anti-government demonstrations, including in the 2009 Green Movement protests.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This line plots the current price back 26 periods in time.—
Karl Montevirgen,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Alexandre Dumas’s novel of identity and revenge gets a big-budget remake with Sam Claflin starring as Edmond Dantès, a sailor wrongly imprisoned in an island fortress who, after his escape and subsequent treasure finding, plots his vengeance.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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After the federal agency’s findings, the Chicago schools moved to create magnet schools and other programs that attracted students from across the city.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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The cuts to science would also affect programs that support human spaceflight, such as heliophysics, a division that helps reaserchers understand the deadly in-space radiation that is a top concern for astronauts.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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On Monday, April 13, Vertical released a trailer for the upcoming movie The Wizard of the Kremlin, which charts Putin's rise to power in Russia in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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As the façade of privilege begins to crack, the film charts an unsettling psychological terrain.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Spider-Verse movies have also launched a number of spinoff projects.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Apr. 2026
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In addition to True Blood, the actor has appeared in projects like The Fault in Our Stars (2014), This Is Us and Homeland.—
Alyssa Davis,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Blueprints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blueprints. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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